thalweg
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from 19th century German Thalweg, from Thal (“valley”) + Weg (“way, course”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaːlvɛç/, /ˈtɑːlvɛɡ/, /ˈθɑːlwɛɡ/[1] [2]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑl.vɛɡ/
Noun edit
thalweg (plural thalwege or thalwegs)
- (geology, geography, cartography) The line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel, and thus the line of fastest flow or deepest water along a river’s course.
Usage notes edit
- The alternative spelling talweg is consistent with the German spelling reform of 1901. [1]
Translations edit
line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel
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References edit
- 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- 2004, Susan Mayhew, A Dictionary of Geography, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Talweg prior to the 1901 spelling reform (see etymology of English entry).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
thalweg m (plural thalwegs)
- thalweg
- 1903, M. Huguet, “Les Conditions Générales de la vie au Mzab”, in Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, volume 4, page 220:
- […] la route laisse sur la gauche le thalweg de l’Oued Soudan […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “thalweg”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
thalweg m (plural thalwegs)